designing processes to develop and act on creative ideas

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For this project, what I’m trying to do is find out how people—specifically students and professionals—currently engage in the creative process, with the aim of designing a process that will facilitate or enhance who these people develop creative ideas and act on them. One of the things I’d like to do is understand at a broad level what are the issues people face when going through the creative process and whether they have any frustrations with their current tools or process.

Hopefully, I can uncover opportunities for the design of a process that will support their creative processes. The way I’m planning to do is to use a user-centered research approach, which places the needs of the user foremost in the process. However, I also aim to use my background in cognitive neuroscience to inform my approach as well, using what I know about creativity from a cognitive level.

Real-World Creativity

Welcome to my thesis blog! I'm Priscilla, and I'm writing this thesis for my Masters degree in Interaction Design, but more importantly, to satisfy this curiosity I've had for a few years now to learn about how creativity really works, and of course, to design something that can support people being creative. This project should last one year, from Spring 2012 - Spring 2013. Feel free to contact me if you have any comments / feedback at priscilm [at symbol] andrew.cmu.edu.